Little Thoughts About Books and Stuff

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title: The Blacksmith's Lover Author: Heather Massey Date Started: January 28 Title: Red Clocks Author: Leni Zumas Date Started: January 27 Comments: January Book of the Month Following along with my Reading the Bible as Literature in 2018 Challenge Currently Listening: Title:   Atlas Shrugged Author:  Ayn Rand Narrator:  Christopher Hurt Date Started:  November 27, 2017 Note:  On part 4 of 7 Finished Reading: Title: What Happened Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton Date Finished: January 27 Stars: 4 Comments: First Book of the Year Title: The Truth About Owls Author: Amal El-Mohtar Date Finished: January 23 Stars: 3 Comments: Season 2, Episode 2 LeVar Burton Reads

RoofBeamReader I'm doing this chronologically my posts will be grouped a little differently than a weekly check-in posts that Adam is doing on RBR .  I'm starting off with Genesis 1-11 and then chronologically the story moves to Job .  We are now back in Genesis and this post will cover everything up until the story of Joseph. As I mentioned in the first Genesis post this book of the bible is broken down into four parts: The Book of Gensis is divided as follows: 1. The Primeval History (1-11) 2. The Patriarch Abraham (12-25:18) 3. The Patriarchs Isaac and Jacob (25:19 - 36) 4. Joseph and His Brothers (37-50) Chronologically after the Primeval History is the story of Job and then we can cover the life of Abraham through to the end of Genesis. The Patriarch Abraham Abraham, whose name was originally Abram, is an important figure for three major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Abraham is regarded as the great example of faith in God. I feel...

When I was deciding to come back to the blog I was looking through all the blogging memes that the blogs I read follow. I had done Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 a handful of times, but over at  Mixed Book Bag , JC merged them together and I really like that idea.  So borrowing from her I'm going to start linking up to both Book Beginnings on Friday from  Rose City Reader  and The Friday 56 with  Freda's Voice . This week the book What Happened   by Hillary Rodham Clinton  caught my eye. It Begins:   Deep breath. Feel the air fill my lungs. This is the right thing to do. The country needs to see what our democracy still works, no matter how painful this is. Breathe out. Scream later. On Page 56: Both major political parties, despite the madness of their respective nominating processes,nearly always managed to weed out the most extreme candidates. Before 2016, we'd never elected a President who flagrantly refused to abid...

So my plan is, each Monday to update anyone who reads this on what I'm currently reading and what I may have finished in the last week. Currently Reading: Title : What Happened Author : Hillary Rodham Clinton Date Started : January 1 I am also currently reading the bible but not tracking it like normal since it is a year long reading challenge.           Genesis: 1-11             Job Currently Listening: Title: Atlas Shrugged Author: Ayn Rand Narrator: Christopher Hurt Date Started: November 27, 2017 Note: On part 4 of 7 Finished Reading: Title : Cowboy Seal Homecoming Author : Nicole Helm Date Finished : January 21 Stars : 4 Title : Harley and Ivy Author : Paul Dini Date Finished : January 18 Stars : 4 Title : The Blacksmith's Son Author : Rebecca Thomas Date Finished : January 18 Stars : 2 Title : Pugs of the Frozen North Author : Philip Reeve Date Finished : January 17 Stars : 5 Ti...

In the chronological plan, I'm using this year, they take a break in Genesis to delve into Job.  They write : Job lived sometime after the beginning of creation (Genesis 1) but before Abraham was born (Genesis 12). As a result, the Book of Job is integrated into the Book of Genesis. Keeping with the idea that the Bible is a collection of morality stories, the book of Job is teaching readers that bad things do happen to good people and it is not a punishment for something they have done wrong.  My bible also points out that the book of Job is also considered a frame tale. Frame tales are stories within stories, think Arabian Nights and how it's a story about a woman who tells stories and sometimes a character within her story tells a story. Of Note: Job is a story within a story: chapters 1-2 and 42, 7-11 constitude a folke tale; set within that tale, in 3,1-42, 6 is a poetic debate about the case of suffering. Frist the frame.  This kind of reminded me of the stor...

I started this challenge a little late, and because I'm doing this Chronologically my posts will be grouped a little differently than a weekly checking post.  I'm starting off with this first section of Genesis then chronologically it moves to Job. I will be using The Catholic Youth Bible . I received this one when I was a senior and leaving the Youth Group at my church.  One of the reasons I've held onto this particular version is that before each book there is a section that describes what you are about to read.  It gives you a bit of history, there is also a side by side timeline of Bible History and Human History, it was just where I would go whenever I had questions about faith and religion. The Book of Gensis is divided as follows: 1. The Primeval History (1-11) 2. The Patriarch Abraham (12-25:18) 3. The Patriarchs Isaac and Jacob (25:19 - 36) 4. Joseph and His Brothers (37-50) Here are some passages and footnotes I found the most interesting: Gn 1, 5...

Getting a bit of a late start on this one, but I wasn't sure I wanted to do this one even though it sounded interesting.  I didn't know if I could read the Bible as just a work of literature, but I'm going to try. I chose a chronological reading of the Bible. Jan 1: Gen 1-3 Jan 2: Gen 4-7 Jan 3: Gen 8-11 Jan 4: Job 1-5 Jan 5: Job 6-9 Jan 6: Job 10-13 Jan 7: Job 14-16 Jan 8: Job 17-20 Jan 9: Job 21-23 Jan 10: Job 24-28 Jan 11: Job 29-31 Jan 12: Job 32-34 Jan 13: Job 35-37 Jan 14: Job 38-39 Jan 15: Job 40-42 Jan 16: Gen 12-15 Jan 17: Gen 16-18 Jan 18: Gen 19-21 Jan 19: Gen 22-24 Jan 20: Gen 25-26 Jan 21: Gen 27-29 Jan 22: Gen 30-31 Jan 23: Gen 32-34 Jan 24: Gen 35-37 Jan 25: Gen 38-40 Jan 26: Gen 41-42 Jan 27: Gen 43-45 Jan 28: Gen 46-47 Jan 29: Gen 48-50 Jan 30: Ex 1-3 Jan 31: Ex 4-6 Feb 1: Ex 7-9 Feb 2: Ex 10-12 Feb 3: Ex 13-15 Feb 4: Ex 16-18 Feb 5: Ex 19-21 Feb 6: Ex 22-24 Feb 7: Ex 25-27 ...

Currently Reading : Title : What Happened Author : Hillary Rodham Clinton Date Started : January 1, 2018 Note : First Book Currently Listening: Title : Atlas Shrugged Author : Ayn Rand Narrator : Date Started : August 31, 2017 Note : I haven't listened in awhile, I'm going to start by making myself listen to at least a half hour a day.  I'm going to finish this book! Finished Reading : Title : Princess Leia Author : Mark Waid Date Finished : January 2, 2018 Stars : 5 Title : Year One (Chronicles of The One #1) Author : Nora Roberts Date Finished : December 31, 2017 Stars : 4 Title : Charged (Saints of Denver #2) Author : Jay Crownover Date Finished : December 29, 2017 Stars : 3 Title : Honor (The Breaking Point #1) Author : Jay Crownover Date Finished : December 27, 2017 Stars : 3 Title : Let Is Snow : Three Holiday Romances Author : John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle Date Finished : December 26, 2017 Stars : 3 Title :...

I can't believe I forgot to post these a few weeks ago! Day 1 (Late): Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry by @nicolegulotta - 25 poems, 75 recipes and a whole lot of goodness. #libfaves17 https://t.co/wfVAg86iG2 — 🎄🤶🏼Amelia🤶🏼🎄 (@LitJrzyGrl) December 5, 2017 Day 2: Origin by Dan Brown - This was the first of his Robert Langdon series that I've given 5 stars to, but I really loved this one. It really sucked me in from the start, which hasn't happened with a book in this series yet. #libfaves17 https://t.co/jmMOqEOk4g — 🎄🤶🏼Amelia🤶🏼🎄 (@LitJrzyGrl) December 5, 2017 Day 3: ON TYRANNY: TWENTY LESSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Timothy Snyder @fws2896 recommended this one and it was by far one of the most powerful and important books I read this year. #libfaves17 https://t.co/UDWKJ2blWZ — 🎄🤶🏼Amelia🤶🏼🎄 (@LitJrzyGrl) December 6, 2017 Day 4: TEARS WE CANNOT STOP: A SERMON TO WHITE AMERICA by Michael Eric Dys...